MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that a decision by France to refuse to accredit some Russian journalists for the Paris 2024 Olympics was unacceptable and accused the French authorities of failing to uphold their obligations when it came to media freedom.
France’s caretaker interior minister said on Sunday that French security services had rejected more than 4,000 applications for Olympics accreditations, including over espionage and cyberattack concerns.
Gerald Darmanin, who said close to one hundred applications had been rejected over espionage fears, said some of those turned down were from Russia and Belarus.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
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